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The colonists protested the passage of the Tea Act. One infamous event was the Boston Tea Party, in which protesters destroyed a shipment of tea.
The colonists were angry because of the famous line "no taxation without representation." Britain kept passing acts and the colonists had no say. The Sugar Act and Townshend Acts had been passed before the Stamp Act. In the end, Britain did repeal (get rid of) the Stamp Act, but then passed an act requiring the colonists to house British soldiers.
The colonists reacted to the quartering by protesting, threatening to kill the king, killing some of the soldiers, refusing to house the soldiers, feed them and give them their clothing and bedding.
They Proteseted, sometimes intruded into stamp collectors' houses, refused to pay for the stamps,.
Burning their houses,ruining their businesses and hurting their families